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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Chronicles 25:2

Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela, sons of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph prophesying near the king.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asaph;   Asarelah;   Harp;   Heman;   Joseph;   Nethaniah;   Zaccur;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Harp;   Music;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeduthun;   Joseph;   Music;   Nethaniah;   Zaccur;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arelah;   Habakkuk;   Heman;   Izri;   Jesharelah;   Levites;   Music;   Nethaniah;   Priest;   Zaccur;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Asarelah;   Jesarelah;   Jesharelah;   Joseph;   Levites;   Nethaniah;   Zacc(h)ur;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asharelah;   Chronicles, I;   Heman;   Joseph;   Nethaniah;   Zaccur;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Asarelah ;   Gershon, Gershonites ;   Heman ;   Jeduthun ;   Joseph ;   Nethaniah ;   Zaccur ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nethaniah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Music;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Asare'lah;   Zac'cur;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Asharelah;   Gershon;   Jesharelah;   Joseph (1);   Korahites;   Mattithiah;   Nethaniah;   Order;   Zaccur;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asaph;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asarelah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
From Asaph’s sons:
Hebrew Names Version
of the sons of Asaf: Zakkur, and Yosef, and Netanyah, and Asar'elah, the sons of Asaf, under the hand of Asaf, who prophesied after the order of the king.
King James Version
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
English Standard Version
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
New Century Version
Asaph's sons who served were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. King David chose Asaph to preach, and Asaph directed his sons.
New English Translation
From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.
Amplified Bible
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
New American Standard Bible
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
World English Bible
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zaccur, and Ioseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah the sonnes of Asaph were vnder the hand of Asaph, which sang prophesies by the commission of the King.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
Berean Standard Bible
From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
Contemporary English Version
Asaph's four sons, Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, were under the direction of their father and played music whenever the king told them to.
Complete Jewish Bible
Of the descendants of Asaf: Zakur, Yosef, N'tanyah and Asar'elah; the sons of Asaf were with Asaf, who prophesied according to the direction of the king.
Darby Translation
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king.
Easy-to-Read Version
From Asaph's family: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. King David chose Asaph to prophesy. And Asaph led his sons.
George Lamsa Translation
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccuri, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Israel. And the sons of Asaph whom the king placed under the direction of Jeruthun as singers.
Good News Translation
The four sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. They were under the direction of Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages whenever the king commanded.
Lexham English Bible
for the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied under the hands of the king.
Literal Translation
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Amonge the childre of Assaph was Sakur, Ioseph, Nethania, Asarela, childre of Assaph vnder Assaph which prophecyed besyde ye kynge.
American Standard Version
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
Bible in Basic English
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zacur, Ioseph, Nathania, and Asarela that wayted on Asaph which prophecied according to the commaundement of the king.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied according to the direction of the king.
King James Version (1611)
Of the sonnes of Asaph: Zaccur, and Ioseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sonnes of Asaph vnder the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph were next the king.
English Revised Version
of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Of the sones of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela; sotheli the sones of Asaph vndir the hond of Asaph profesieden bisidis the kyng.
Update Bible Version
of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.
New King James Version
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; 1 Chronicles 25:14">[fn] the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.
New Living Translation
From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages by the king's orders.
New Life Bible
The sons of Asaph were: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asharelah. They were led by Asaph, who spoke for God under the leading of the king.
New Revised Standard
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph, - under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
Revised Standard Version
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethani'ah, and Ashare'lah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
Young's Literal Translation
Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

Contextual Overview

1 Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office. 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela, sons of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph prophesying near the king. 3 And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun, Godolias, Sori, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and Mathathias, under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of Heman also: the sons of Heman, Bocciau, Mathaniau, Oziel, Subuel, and Jerimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha, Geddelthi, and Romemthiezer, and Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othir, Mahazioth: 5 All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these under their father’s hand were distributed to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries and harps, for the service of the house of the Lord near the king: to wit, Asaph, and Idithun, and Heman. 7 And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Asaph: 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 1 Chronicles 16:5, Psalms 73:1, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 75:1, Psalms 76:1, Psalms 77:1, Psalms 78:1, *titles Psalms 79:1, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 81:1, Psalms 82:1, Psalms 83:1, *titles

Asarelah: "Otherwise called Jesharelah." 1 Chronicles 25:14.

under the hands: 1 Chronicles 25:3, 1 Chronicles 25:6, Isaiah 3:6

according to the order of the king: Heb. by the hands of the king, 1 Chronicles 25:6, *marg.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:15 - bring me 1 Chronicles 9:15 - Zichri 1 Chronicles 15:18 - the second 1 Chronicles 25:9 - Joseph 1 Chronicles 25:10 - Zaccur 1 Chronicles 25:12 - Nethaniah 2 Chronicles 29:13 - Asaph Ezra 2:41 - Asaph Nehemiah 7:44 - The singers Nehemiah 12:35 - Zechariah

Cross-References

Genesis 25:1
And Abraham married another wife named Cetura:
Genesis 25:4
But of Madian was born Epha, and Opher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa: all these were the children of Cetura.
Genesis 25:8
And decaying he died in a good old age, and having lived a long time, and being full of days: and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:15
Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma.
Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.
Genesis 25:17
And the years of Ismael’s life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people.
Genesis 25:18
And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 25:32
He answered: Lo I die, what will the first birthright avail me?
Genesis 25:33
Jacob said: Swear therefore to me. Esau swore to him, and sold his first birthright.
Genesis 36:35
And after his death, Adad, the son of Badad, reigned in his stead, who defeated the Madianites in the country of Boab; and the name of his city was Avith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of the sons of Asaph,.... Who were separated, and by lot appointed, to the service of singers in the temple:

Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah; called Jesharelah, 1 Chronicles 25:14, these had the third fourth, fifth, and seventh lots, 1 Chronicles 25:9,

under the hands of Asaph; under his instruction and authority:

which prophesied according to the order of the king; which Asaph composed psalms under the inspiration of the Spirit of God, and was ordered by King David to sing them, and by whose command they were inserted in the book of Psalms, where they now stand with his name to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Under the hands of Asaph ... - That is to say, “under the direction of Asaph” - who himself “prophesied,” or performed the sacred services, “under the direction of the king.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 25:2. Which prophesied — Sung hymns and prayed. But the Targum understands this of prophesying in the proper sense of the term; and therefore says, "Who prophesied by the Holy Spirit." Jarchi is of the same opinion and quotes the case of Elisha, 2 Kings 3:15; While the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord [i.e., the spirit of prophecy] was upon him.


 
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